| UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer speaks during the opening ceremony of the 13th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali Island, Indonesia, December 3, 2007. The two-week conference from December 3 to 14, the 13th Conference of the 192 Parties to the UNFCCC and the third meeting of the 176 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, is expected the result in negotiations on a climate change deal for the period post-2012, the year the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires. (Xinhua) |
